Varyable / Seattle Web Developer and Designer

Varyable is the small, talented, friendly interactive studio
of Scott Thiessen. That's me. I make smart, tasteful, useful
websites and applications.

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Selected Work

Washbones
Temporary Microsite

washbones.com

Mildly irreverant temporary online shop microsite for bad-ass Washington state stickers venture.

Role: Owner, Concept, Design, Front-end development, E-commerce integration
Crocker Art Museum
Living Mural

Developed wonderfully fun touch-screen drawing/painting/stamping game for the Crocker Art Museum's newly remodeled Tot Land area. The installation ran on an enormous 3-panel, 32-point LED touch-screen.

Agency: BKWLD

Role: Flash development, Touch-screen integration

Team: Design by Jeff Toll, Illustration by Chad Turner

Recognition: Webby nomination - Rich Media: Non-Profit/Educational (2012)
Go Camping

Dynamic, CMS driven website for the camps and retreats of the United Methodist and Episcopal churches. Site hierarchy, organization and layout developed in early site map and wireframe phases. Site integrated with ExpressionEngine to allow client to fully manage site content.

Role: Information architecture, Design, Front-end development, CMS integration, Back-end development, Flash development
Corona Light 'Most Liked'
Facebook App

apps.facebook.com/corona_most_liked

Developed Facebook application and dynamic billboard advertisement as part of Corona Light's campaign to become the 'most liked' light beer on Facebook. Users who liked Corona Light got their face displayed on a 40-foot billboard in Times Square. Additionally, a webcam watching the billboard from across the street captured each person's appearance and posted a photo back to their Facebook wall. 'Likes' increased ten-fold.

Agency: BKWLD, Pereira & O'Dell

Role: Flash development, Motion, Web services integration

Team: Design by Jason Apaliski, Back-end development by Robert Reinhard and Aaron Egaas

Recognition: Facebook Studio Spotlight (Jan 2011), Mashable.com (Oct 2010)
KEXP Now-Playing Widget

kexp.org

Designed and developed high content density dynamic header Flash piece for Seattle's independent music radio station, KEXP.

Agency: If/Then

Role: Design, Flash development, Web services integration

Team: Back-end development by Aaron Starkey

Recognition: Seattle's Best Online Presence - Music (Seattle Weekly's "Best of the Web" Awards 2010)
Washington's Lottery
Find Your Way to Play

learntolottery.com

Developed fun, highly interactive Flash website that seeks to educate folks on the many ways to play Washington's Lottery scratch and jackpot games.

Agency: BKWLD, Cole & Weber

Role: Flash development, Web services integration

Team: Illustration by Sasha Barr, Design by Chad Tafolla, Motion by Chad Turner
Smartwool

smartwool.com

Developed smart navigation functionality for the content-rich Smartwool.com landing page that encourages exploration and discovery.

Agency: BKWLD

Role: Front-end development, Motion

Team: Design by Jeff Toll and Ethan Martin, Front-end development by Keith Driessen and Alex Burner
Pure Management Group

Developed data-driven, reskinnable Flash front-end that powered websites for twelve of Las Vegas' most premier nightlife and restaurant companies.

Agency: BKWLD, GreenLight

Role: Flash development, Web services integration

Team: Design by Greg Lutze, Back-end development by Aaron Egaas

Recognition: Webby - Restaurant (2011), Communication Arts Daily Webpick (Dec 2010)
Roger Feldman

rogerfeldman.com

Designed and developed easily updatable Flash website for prominent Seattle installation artist.

Role: Design, Flash development, Web services integration

Team: Design by Tom Oakerson
Henry Art Gallery Calendar

henryart.org

Developed dynamic Flash gantt chart calendar for Washington state's first public art museum, the Henry Art Gallery, with a true to the web aesthetic that demands to be played with and explored.

Agency: If/Then

Role: Flash development, Web services integration

Team: Concept/design by If/Then, Back-end development by Topher Zimmerman

Recognition: Seattle's Best Online Presence - Fine Arts (Seattle Weekly's "Best of the Web" Awards 2010)
Notion microsite

notioning.com

Created bold, minimal microsite to promote Seattle-based rapper Notion's latest digital releases.

Role: Design, Front-end development

Team: Photography by Jonathan Larson

Services

I take on web projects both complex and straightforward.
In everything, I seek simple, honest, potent solutions.
More exactly, here's what I can help you with:

Website Design and Development

User-centered interface design
Standards-based, mobile-friendly HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP development
Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Instagram and other social media and web service integration

Content Management

WordPress development for blogs and simple content management
ExpressionEngine integration for advanced and custom content control
Advanced web application development using the CodeIgniter framework

Flash Websites and Applications

Data-driven Flash websites, applications, and components
Touch-screen kiosk experiences
Interface prototypes
Animated Flash banner ads

Contact

Got a project that's up my alley? Give me a call at 206-898-2713.

I'm also wandering around the web on Twitter and Facebook. Thanks for visiting!